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Apollo 17

Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above. Schmitt was the only professional geologist to land on…

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Callsign
CSM: America · LM: Challenger
COSPAR ID
CSM: 1972-096A · LM: 1972-096C
Crew size
3
Distance driven
35.7 km (22.2 mi)
EVA duration
1 hour, 5 minutes, 44 seconds (spacewalk to retrieve film cassettes) · 22 hours, 3 minutes, 57 seconds · 1st: 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds · 2nd: 7 hours, 36 minutes, 56 seconds · 3rd: 7 hours, 15 minutes, 8 seconds
EVAs
1 in cislunar space

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Crew and key Mission Control personnel

Mission insignia and call signs

Planning and training

Mission hardware and experiments

Mission events

Aftermath and spacecraft locations

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Apollo 17

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Edges195
Triples291
Avg. degree1.99
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Apollo 17

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related to External links · 50
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related to Scheduling and landing site selection · 32
Apollo 17 → Apollo, Copernicus, December, Director, Earth, Flight Operations Christopher, Following, For, J-mission, Kraft, Lastly, Like Apollo, Luna, Lunar Roving Vehicle, Mare Crisium, Mare Imbrium, Moon, NASA, NASA's, Nixon
related to Crew and key Mission Control personnel · 31
Apollo 17 → After, After Cernan, Apollo, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, August, Bell, Cape Kennedy, Cernan, Cernan's, Deke Slayton, Dick Gordon, Engle, Evans, Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, In, In September, Indian River, January, Jim McDivitt
related to Return to Earth · 23
Apollo 17 → After, Apollo, Apollo's J-missions, As, At, Cernan, CSM, CSM's SPS, December, During, Earth, EST, EVA, Evans, EVAs, It, LM, Moon, Schmitt, SIM
related to Spacecraft and launch vehicle · 23
Apollo 17 → Apollo, CM, CM-114, Command Module, CSM, CSM-114, Launch Escape System, LES, LM, LM-12, Lunar Module, S-IVB, SA-512, Saturn, Service Module, SLA, SLA-21, SM-114, Spacecraft-Lunar Module Adapter, The
related to Solo activities · 22
Apollo 17 → According, Apollo, Copernicus, CSM, CSM's SIM, Earthlight, Eratosthenes, Evans, Grimaldi, In, LM's, Mare Orientale, Meteorite, Mission Report, Moon, Moon's, Schmitt, Similarly, The, TLP
related to Training · 19
Apollo 17 → Apollo, As, Big Bend National Park, Both Cernan, Cernan, Engle, February, Gordon Swann, In, June, Littrow, Lunar Roving Vehicle, Moon, October, Schmitt, Taurus, Texas, The, Their
related to Aftermath and spacecraft locations · 17
Apollo 17 → Allegiance, Apollo, Cernan, CM America, Evans, Following, He, NASA, Navy, New Mexico, None, Pledge, Schmitt, Super Bowl VII, The, There, United States Senate
related to Launch and outbound trip · 16
Apollo 17 → Among, Apollo, Approximately, Charlie Smith, December, Dick Gordon, EST, Florida, Kennedy Space Center, Miami, Neil Armstrong, Originally, Saturn, The, This, UTC
related to Mission insignia and call signs · 12
Apollo 17 → American, Apollo, Apollo Belvedere, Greek, It, Moon, Robert McCall, Saturn, The, These, Three, Vatican Museums

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apollo lunar cernan 17 mission crew schmitt landing evans surface lm moon launch would astronauts spacecraft site time csm orbit

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Apollo 17CallsignCSM: America1.00infobox
Apollo 17CallsignLM: Challenger1.00infobox
Apollo 17COSPAR IDCSM: 1972-096A1.00infobox
Apollo 17COSPAR IDLM: 1972-096C1.00infobox
Apollo 17Crew size31.00infobox
Apollo 17Distance driven35.7 km (22.2 mi)1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVA duration1 hour, 5 minutes, 44 seconds (spacewalk to retrieve film cassettes)1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVA duration22 hours, 3 minutes, 57 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVA duration1st: 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVA duration2nd: 7 hours, 36 minutes, 56 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVA duration3rd: 7 hours, 15 minutes, 8 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 17EVAs1 in cislunar space1.00infobox
Apollo 17Landing dateDecember 19, 1972, 19:54:58 (1972-12-19UTC19:54:59Z) UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 17Landing dateDecember 11, 1972, 19:54:58 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 17Landing mass5,500 kg (12,120 lb)1.00infobox
Apollo 17Landing siteSouth Pacific Ocean (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo…1.00infobox
Apollo 17Landing siteTaurus–Littrow 20°11′27″N 30°46′18″E / 20.1908°N 30.7717°E / 20.1908; 30.77171.00infobox
Apollo 17Launch dateDecember 7, 1972, 05:33:00 (1972-12-07UTC05:33Z) UTC (12:33 am EST)1.00infobox
Apollo 17Launch mass48,609 kg (107,165 lb)1.00infobox
Apollo 17Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
Apollo 17ManufacturerCSM: North American Rockwell1.00infobox
Apollo 17ManufacturerLM: Grumman1.00infobox
Apollo 17MembersEugene A. Cernan1.00infobox
Apollo 17MembersRonald E. Evans1.00infobox
Apollo 17MembersHarrison H. Schmitt1.00infobox
Apollo 17Mission duration12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 17Mission typeCrewed lunar landing (J)1.00infobox
Apollo 17OperatorNASA1.00infobox
Apollo 17Orbital departureDecember 16, 1972, 23:35:09 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 17Orbital insertionDecember 10, 1972, 19:53:55 UTC1.00infobox

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